#CDCD64#CDCD64

#CDCD64 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.128 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD64
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 100)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -14.17, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 53.53, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0415 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.128 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3096, 57.5631, 20.5674)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD64 #6464CD

analogous

#CD9964 #CDCD64 #99CD64

triadic

#CDCD64 #64CDCD #CD64CD

tetradic

#CDCD64 #64CD99 #6464CD #CD6499

square

#CDCD64 #64CD99 #6464CD #CD6499

split-complementary

#CDCD64 #6499CD #9964CD

monochromatic

#8A8A2D #B8B83B #CDCD64 #DCDC92 #EBEBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CDCD64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD64

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD64	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.128 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc93',
    500: '#cdcd64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd64;
$custom-light: #dedc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82694,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD64

secondary

#444491

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD64

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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